Introduction
We tend to live our daily lives within a small awareness bubble, which encompasses our work, family and friends, hobbies, entertainment, and a conscious time span of perhaps a year, from last week to what lies immediately ahead.

But there is more to life than just that. We have the unique opportunity to observe and contemplate the world and universe we live in and place ourself within this broader context. Below a number of Blog entries which attempt to deal with some of that.

As a qualified and experienced Philosopher of Knowledge (scientist in geology) I naturally lean towards absorbing the latest discoveries in physics, biology, etc. to arrive at my belief system and my personal insights. In this I rely heavily on authors like Brian Greene and Richard Dawkins, who possess the great gift of explaining some difficult concepts in straight foreward, easy to comprehend language.

Contents

1 - The speed of travel, light and time 2 - Matter is more precious than energy3 - Earth rotation speeds at the equator and poles

4 - Mortal : a being who knows he is going to die 5 - Your belief reflects what you know and understand 6 - My departure from religion

7 - A mass of just 20 pounds created the universe8 - General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics9 - What an atheist knows or believes